Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Coordinator

The EHS Coordinator is responsible for supporting and administering environmental, health, and safety programs within a regulated personal care and OTC manufacturing environment. This role ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations while promoting a strong safety culture and supporting GMP-compliant manufacturing operations. The EHS Coordinator partners with all departments to minimize risk, prevent incidents, and maintain regulatory readiness in a fast-paced, multi-customer environment.

Key Responsibilities include:

Safety & Health

• Carry out responsibilities in compliance with company policies, work procedures, and federal, state and local laws. Comply with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and health and safety rules and regulations.
• Champion a zero-incident safety culture across the organization; lead by example in observing every safety rule.
• Implement and support EHS programs related to OSHA, Cal/OSHA, EPA, ANSI, and general industry safety standards.
• Conduct routine safety inspections, job hazard analyses (JHAs), and risk assessments for manufacturing, warehousing, production, and laboratory operations.
• Investigate workplace incidents, near misses, and injuries; prepare root cause analyses and corrective/preventive actions (CAPAs).
• Maintain records for injuries and illnesses (OSHA 300 logs and related documentation).
• Coordinate ergonomics, machine guarding, lockout/tagout (LOTO), confined space, and hot work programs.
• Support contractor safety orientation and oversight.
• Contribute to an environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences.
• Assist with compliance related to hazardous waste, wastewater, air emissions, and chemical storage.
• Manage safety data sheets (SDS) and chemical inventory systems, including raw materials, fragrances, and cleaning chemicals.
• Coordinate hazardous waste accumulation, labeling, storage, and disposal in accordance with RCRA and local regulations.
• Support sustainability initiatives, waste reduction, and pollution prevention programs.

Training and Communication

• Develop, coordinate, and deliver EHS training for new hires and existing employees.
• Maintain EHS training records and ensure completion and retraining requirements are met.
• Promote safety awareness through meetings, toolbox talks, and visual communications.

Regulatory & Audit Support

• Support internal and external audits, including customer audits and regulatory inspections.
• Assist with maintaining permits, reports, and records required by regulatory agencies.
• Ensure EHS considerations align with GMP, FDA, and ISO expectations common in personal care and OTC manufacturing.
• Lead emergency preparedness planning, drills, and response coordination.
• Track and analyze safety and environmental metrics; prepare reports and trend analyses.
• Recommend and help implement corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support cross-functional teams in new product introductions, process changes, and equipment installations from an EHS perspective.

Requirements

To fulfill requirements of the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty at a high level. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Safety or a closely related discipline preferred; progressive industry experience will be considered.
• Minimum of 2-3 years of EHS experience in a regulated manufacturing environment, preferably in personal care, cosmetics, OTC, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, or food industries.
• Working knowledge of OSHA regulations and general industry standards.
• Experience with chemical handling and hazardous materials.
• Strong documentation, organizational, and communication skills.
• Effective trainer who can engage employees at all levels of the organization.
• Comfortable working on the production and manufacturing floor.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills with the proven ability to partner effectively with department leaders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly document investigations, present data to senior leadership, and participate in customer and regulatory audits.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Fluency in English required. Bilingual proficiency in technical Spanish is a strong differentiator.
• Must be able to work in person onsite, including the flexibility to support off-shift production, weekend operations, and urgent investigations as needed.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work is performed primarily in an active manufacturing environment with exposure to chemicals, fragrances, dust, noise, varying temperatures and humidity, wet floors, and moving mechanical equipment.
• Required to stand, walk, climb stairs and ladders, bend, stoop, reach, and use hands and arms for extended periods.
• Must be able to lift, push, or pull up to 30 pounds occasionally.
• Required to wear all assigned PPE, which may include safety glasses or goggles, hearing protection, gloves, hairnets, beard covers, lab coats or smocks, slip‑resistant footwear, and respiratory protection where required.

The compensation range for this role is $71,000 – $85,600 per year. Compensation is commensurate with level of knowledge, education, skills, and experience applicable to the position.

We understand that each team member’s situation is unique, and so it is our intent to offer an overall benefits package that can be shaped and molded by each individual to fit their family’s needs. Our current benefits package, which is available to all full‑time team members, includes medical, dental, vision insurance, 401k retirement plan, flexible spending accounts, life and disability coverage, and other voluntary benefits.

We want everyone to feel welcome, respected and we are committed to providing the best space, experience and workplace for our teams – no matter what race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, veteran or disability status and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different.